ALBANIA: The European Investment Bank has signed a €90·5m financial package to support the €121m modernisation of the line running south from Durrës to Rrogozhina.
The agreement signed on April 8 comprises a €60·5m grant under the Western Balkans Investment Framework and a €30m loan from EIB Global.
The 34 km route forms part of Pan-European Corridor VIII connecting the southern Italian ports, Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria.
ALBANIA: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Energy and the EU-funded CONNECTA2 programme are developing plans to award a public service contract for the operation of passenger trains on the national rail network.
ALBANIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has agreed a €98·75m sovereign loan to support the €373m rehabilitation and electrification of the 120 km railway from Vorë to Hani i Hotit on the border with Montenegro. The line is Albania’s only rail connection with a ...
EUROPE: Albanian national railway HSH has selected a consortium of ILF Consulting Engineers Austria and Abkons to conduct a 14-month feasibility study for the construction of a rail link to Kosovo. Two options will be considered for the Albanian part of the route, branching from the ...
